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halesome

halesome adjective: wholesome, healthy.

Adjective

halesome (comparative halesomer, superlative halesomest)

  1. wholesome, healthy

Forms of halesome

comparativehalesomer
superlativehalesomest

Origin of halesome

Either borrowed from Scots halesome (from Middle Scots halsum, thence Northern Middle English halesum), or formed anew from hale + -some.

Questions about halesome

What does halesome mean?
Halesome means wholesome, healthy.
What part of speech is halesome?
Halesome is an adjective.

Words near halesome in the dictionary

  1. hales
  2. Hales-Jewett theorem
  3. halesia
  4. halesias
  5. Halesite
  6. halesome
  7. Halesowen
  8. halest
  9. Halesworth
  10. HALEU
  11. HALEUs

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